On August 16, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit – one of the nation’s historically conservative jurisdictions – became the first federal appellate court to extend Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protections to transgender people, declaring that gender dysphoria can qualify as a disability under the ADA, reviving a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by a transgender woman over a Virginia detention center’s decision to place her in men’s housing.
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Federal Appellate Court Extends ADA Employment, Public Accommodations, and Transportation Protections to Transgender People Posted on: August 30, 2022 In: Labor & Employment
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New Posters Required to Be Displayed by New Jersey Employers Posted on: August 29, 2022 In: Labor & Employment
On the heels of the adoption by the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights (DCR) of a new “Know Your Civil Rights” campaign, the DCR has issued new and updated rules and regulations to raise public awareness about civil rights under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and Family Leave Act (FLA). The new regulations, which took effect on August 1, 2022, update the DCR’s requirements for the posters that covered entities are required to conspicuously display.
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